U.S. Buyers Got Record High Fuel Economy in 2018

The sales-weighted average window-sticker mpg rating of light vehicles sold is the U.S. in December was 27.5 mpg (8.6 L/100 km), up 4.9% from prior-year.
The average price per gallon of gasoline in the U.S. was $2.457 in December, a 5.3% decline from same-month 2017, ending a 17-month streak of year-over-year increases.
The index result for full-year 2018 was 26.9 mpg (8.7 L/100 km), a 2.9% improvement on 2017. The gain from 2016 to 2017 was only 0.8%.
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